I am happy to report that we had read several of the classics on our Kindergarten Book List. Of course, we had read Madeline and Curious George. Who hasn't? And for the record, they are both favorites.
We also own Swimmy, which is a cute story with beautiful pictures about a fish who problem solves so that he doesn't get eaten by a bigger fish!
The kids enjoyed Make Way for Ducklings, which is such a sweet classic written in 1941 and The Story of Ferdinand, which was completely new to us. This classic from 1936 is about a bull who is a sweet, mild fellow. The bull fighter crew comes to pick a bull for a big festival and gentle Ferdinand happens to sit on a bee and gets stung. He becomes the roughest, toughest bull in the herd and gets picked immediately. Will he perform in the arena? You'll have to read it to find out. :)
We happened to check out Joseph Had a Little Overcoat as a book with CD and were so glad we did. The author reads the story, of course, but then also sings it as a song in both English and Yiddish. This is a great story, but I would say I prefer the same folktale retold as Something from Nothing.
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